What Time is It? for writing com |
32 Maria Lee woke up at dawn, Having gone to bed at 0 dark hundred. After a long hot mad night, Typical Friday night at the Cosmos Club in Soi Cowboy, Bangkok, Thailand. The scent of bad craziness Hung in the air. She looked for some coffee There were no spoons. She drank her coffee black She wasn't sure she liked the taste She added some whiskey To take the edge off, Tasted better. She looked up And asked her faithful friend Sam the dog, “what time is it?” The dog nodded at her The dog had one blue eye And one brown eye. The dog was her best friend Her only friend. She thought. As she drank her first drink Twenty drinks too sober Hair of the dog that bit her. The hangover dissipated a bit as the sun blasted her awake it was so hot As she listened to the blues. NEW PROMPT DUE 21 hours 33 minutes 28 seconds Write a story or poem using the following lines, all bolded: The dog had one blue eye and one brown eye. It was so hot. There were no spoons. She wasn't sure she liked the taste. What time is it? "o dark hundred" is military/intelligence jargon referring to the two hours before dawn when many operatives get up to do their secret undercover ops. Depending on location and time of year, it is between two am to seven a,m. |